Michael Cooper

country lawyer. writer. sports & book lover. Bylines @NationalAffairs, @TheWeek, @NewRepublic, @WRAL, @TheAssemblyNC

[Nicholas Burns @RNicholasBurns]

This is a strong statement and the right statement by Secretary Rubio. @StateDept

[Michael Cooper @MikeCooperJr]

Gettysburg yesterday. America’s most hallowed ground.

[Ayômîde 🧢 @Haryormdey4u]

He turned the volume up because he can't hear the dialogue. Now make the action scenes as loud as possible.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

2016: I use technology every day, and I love it.

2026: I want a job as a park ranger who only needs a flip phone.

[Michael Cooper @MikeCooperJr]

“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been (bad hotel coffee).

America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But (bad hotel coffee) has marked the time.”

[Michael Cooper @MikeCooperJr]

“when people go through recovery-that’s so hard-they deserve the credit for triumphing over something so nasty”

[Kevin Robillard 🇺🇸 @Robillard]

Giving keynote speech at South Carolina Dem Party dinner, @AndyBeshearKY had a long riff going after "advocacy speak," specifically calling out the terms "justice-involved population," "substance use disorder" and "food insecurity."

[Rodger Sherman @rodger]

Shrey spelling 32 words in 90 seconds to win the Spelling Bee is the new greatest athletic accomplishment of 2026. I don’t even know how he said the letters that fast. Got a “Holy Mackerel” out of
@minakimes

[Django Gold @django]

watching Indiana Jones for the first time, do archaeologists typically kill this many people?

[Stewart Wood @StewartWood]

Blair’s essay is a substantial intervention on what's wrong with Britain & with Labour, with a detailed alternative agenda. Dismissing it is silly. But engaging with it reveals that it's both forward-looking & stuck in the past, with an agenda that is radical but not 'centrist'🧵

[Michael Cooper @MikeCooperJr]

@ShippersUnbound “Governments which succeed don’t start with a personality contest. Or a political question – as in, how do we ‘save the country’ from Reform. They start with an idea, a project, a governing purpose, an analysis of what is wrong and a plan to put it right.”

[Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound]

Yes, I get it, you all hate Tony Blair etc you’ll find loads to disagree with here I’m sure - but the quality of analysis of our problems and what any potential leader ought to be thinking about if they want to solve them puts this essay light years ahead of what any current contender for national leadership has offered. Anyone who wants to be an effective prime minister (including the current one) should read it

[Zion @zionszzn]

The person who came up with lefty loosey righty tighty absolutely cranked it out of the park on that one

[Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* @EsotericCD]

One of the most wholesome songs ever recorded.

[HHS @HHSGov]

U.S. Office of the @Surgeon_General issues warning on the harms of screen use:

Harmful screen use has become one of the most urgent issues facing children today. Kids are being exposed earlier and more intensely than at any point before, and it’s affecting their health, development, and daily lives in ways we can no longer overlook.

[claire rogers @kclairerogers]

Aaron Rai has a good reason for using iron covers ❤️

[JD Flynn @jdflynn]

buddy, I was writing 10 page papers without having read the book.

[Michael Cooper @MikeCooperJr]

@WesDurham @PGAChampionship @espn @harmanbrian @JustinRose99 @HunterMahan @GrahamDeLaet Glad you’re calling this thing!

[Michael Cooper @MikeCooperJr]

“It is a potentially significant moment, possibly the first time AI has selected its own target on a battlefield.”

[Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon]

“It’s all autonomous. It picked its target.”

A saga that began when a pair of Ukrainian drones struck eastern Latvia has now led to the collapse of the Latvian government.

Was the whole episode set in motion by AI?

My report from Riga

https://t.co/xTnClxYNuI

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

Good?

[J.P. Hovey @jhovey34]

Honestly was not expecting Eric Church to give one of the best commencement speeches of all time.

Chief CRUSHED this 🫡